Trend Micro helps Interpol uncover serial cyber criminal
Trend Micro has helped capture a serial cyber criminal, reportedly responsible for managing an international crime network accused of stealing more than $60 million through business email compromise (BEC) scams and CEO fraud.
The security firm teamed up with Interpol and the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crime Commission, providing research assistance to help the organisations gather the information needed to result in arrest.
Its research, which investigated into the use of Limitless Keylogger and Predator Pain, found the suspect was managing a ring of more than 40 people across Nigeria, Malaysia and South Africa to launch attacks globally. He was also involved in an operation that involved teaming up with money laundered in China, Europe and the US, which used illicit bank accounts to store large amounts of money.
